Bundesliga side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881 to use a 14-year-old’s design for the 2012/2013 home jersey
Bundesliga winners of the 2008/2009 campaign, VfL Wolfsburg, held a jersey-design competition for the fans earlier this season. Contestants had to design a shirt that the club would use as the home jersey for the 2012/2013 season. 706 Wolfsburg fans participated
in the competition and the club received 1308 proposals. One shirt was chosen eventually. A 14-year-old student’s design received 34 percent of the votes and his design was eventually selected.
The youngster did a mighty fine job indeed with the shirt. It is a normal green coloured shirt with a black collar, and black trim along with the club’s logo (including the sponsor’s logo). However, what made the shirt even more distinct was that there was
something different right under the sponsor logo – black silhouette of a howling wolf standing on a rock.
It was a very simple yet a smart design. While talking to the media, managing director Thomas Rottgermann said that he was surprised to see a variety of great ideas, but the winning design simply outshined the rest of the entries. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adidas-c38219, the club’s design
partner, will now use the winning entry as the base while designing Die Wolfe’s 2012/2013 home jersey.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcel-c23507 s******r, the club captain, was also present at the presentation of the winning design. “I am particularly pleased that the wolf design has won because it is a super simple proposal. It would be something special.” The skipper expressed his delight.
The design made by the teenager will not be used as it is, but the general theme of the shirt will be the same. This is because the designers at Adidas follow specific guidelines in order to make the shirt look great on a football pitch.
The youngster has been given two season tickets by the club management for the next season. Better still, the ‘kid’ will also get a chance to meet the Wolfsburg squad. For Wolfsburg, the jersey will definitely look good after Adidas add some the finishing
touches. The concept of a howling wolf is a unique one as wolf is also the club’s mascot. Moreover, it will also give the shirt a daunting and fearsome look.
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